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EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, And dispatched to subscribers by the earliest mails.or other conveyance, when so desired. The YORK HERALD will always be fuund to contalnthalatestandmostil111)01'ta111F01'0ig11 and Provincial News and Markets,and the greatest care will be taken to rendorit ac- ceptable to the man ofbusiness.and n valu- able Family Newspaper. TERMS:â€"â€"-One Dollar perannum, 1N AD~ VANCE; if notpald within Two Months, One Dollar and Fifty cents will be charged. ' Allietwrs addressed to the Edliormusl be post-paid. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid: and paltiesrefusing papers without paying up, will be held accountable for the subscription, ' Slxllnes and under. firstinsertion. . . .300 50 Each subseqnom insertion.... .... .... 00 l3 'l‘en lines and undPr, lirstinsertlon. . .. 00 75 Each subsequentlusartionu . . . ... . . . .. ()0 ‘20 Above tenlines, lirslinsorlion, per line. 00 07 Each subsaquenl insertion. per line. . . . 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Consultatiohsin the office on (he mornings of Tuesdan Thursdays and Saturdays. 8 to 10,:1. m. HE’AH consultations in the ofiice, Cash- COR. 0F YUNGE AND CQLBURNE STS.', «111;»: mark fistulh x ILL generany be found athome before half‘pasx 8 a,m and from 1 to 2 p.m. All parties owing Dr. J. Langstafl’are expect- ed to call and pay promptly, as he has pay- ments u'ow that must be met. Mr. H. Barker. is authorised to collect, and give receipts for him. Richmond Hill, June. 1965 1 DRUGS, MEDICINES, PHARMACEUTIST, By Roya'l Letters patently has been appointed Issuer of Elgin Mills, OCmber 5, 1865 BI. TE E F Y, Esq-9 NOTARY PUB L10, SGMMESSIONER IN THEQUEEN’S BENCH, CONVEYANCER, AND DIVISION COURT AGENT, RICHMOND HILL POST OFFICE. 1‘ GREEMEN"S, Bonds,Deeds,{\10!‘[gnges, [X Wills, &c , &u.. drawn with attention and promptimde, Terms nmderate. Richmond Hill. June 9.18b5. l 'I‘horuhill. June 9,1853 CONVEYANC’ER, (fit). DEFICEâ€"OVCI‘ the Gas Company office Toronto Street, Toronto. RATES OF ADVERTISING. GEO. B. NICOL, BARRIS TEE, A TTORNEY-A Tâ€"LA W , RKCHMOND HILL. Richmond Hill. Jim. 31; 1807 OFFICE Business mircrtura. Thornhi”, Fab BARRESTER AT LAW, Barristers and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery, coxvmzmvms, &c. OFFICEâ€" 111 the Court House, . .TURONTO August 1, use. 59 READ AND BOYD, Barristers, Attumeys at Law, SOLECITORS IN CHANCERY, &c., 77, Toronto, August 1_. 1867 DRUGGâ€"IST, PFICEâ€"Jn the “York Herald” Buildings, Richmond Hill. Money to Lend. July, 5th. 1866. 5-ly DR. JAS. GROCER] ES, , ‘Wincs an d Liquors, THORNHILb. D. B. READ, QJZJ May 6, 186i, JOHN N. REID, 1:11.11, MARRIAGE LICENSES. CONV JYANUE ’u, 850., &c., &c King Street East, (over Thompson’s East India House) MONABB, IMURRAY k JACKES THOMAS CARR, 13am Qfathg. SOLICITDR 1N CHANGERY, R. H. HALL, 'I‘HORNUILL Toronto. IS PUBLISHED J. N. BLAKE, DEALER IN LANGSTAFF 6, 1868 J. A. now, ILA 35 40-tf' STRONG, EDGAR as GRAHAME, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS s H. STRONG. 1.1). EDGAR Toronto. June 18. 1868. OFFICI‘ITâ€"VVBmllgtOu Chambers, Jordon St Toronto. Sales attended on the modeth rates. P.O. A; ICENSED AUCTIONEER fortho coun- J fies of York and Peel, Collector of Notes, Aacoul‘.t<, &c, Small charges and plenty to do Lacskev. March 2nd 1865 394 H. D. BENNETT, LICENSED AUCTIONEER, FRANCIS BUTTON, JR, LICENSED AUCTIONEER, ’ESEDENCE, Lot No. 14. 2nd Con. \I Vaughan Post Office Address Carville. All orders left at the " York Herald” office. Richmond Hill. or at the PA). Maple, will be amended 10. Vaughan. Out. 10 1807.. 1-}' V’JOR the Counties lm‘io. Rusiden Markham. Post Of Sales attended 0-1 on reasonable terms. Orders left at tho ‘ Carter’s services wil Jnumil'f. 14397. EDW. SANDERSON, Licensed Auctioneer, Residence-â€" Lot Markham. P Previiz BHILBINE’: HATEBEALE SEPPLIEE. Slave 6; Siaingfie Manufactwer NEW SERIES. on the Elgin Mills Plank Road. Alm'ge Stock ol'S'I‘Avns and SHlNGLES. kept conslnnlly on lmnd.andsol(l at the lowest Prices 3:?” Call and oxamiueSLock before purcle- ingelsewhm'e. l’usl ()lllne zhldress~Rlclnnoud llill. l ESll)ENCFlâ€"-Lnt ‘26. 2nd Con. Markham l Markham, Jauy 24, 1868 Vaughan. Out Parties requirng Mr. Sanderson x ‘l, , [1‘ L u: “u... I. 11 make arrangements at the Jununry 4‘ 1-565. THOMAS SEDMAN, Carriage and Waggon Maker! UNDER TAKER, (E0. Juno 7,1865- DOORS S.\SH. BLINDS. FLOORING. SHEE l ING, MUULAHNG-S, &c,. And all kinds of Residance~Nearlv opposite R ich mend Hill. JAMES BOWMAN, lsguer of Marriage Licenses, ALMXRA MILLS, Post (Nice address, Yorkvme Toronto. May 18,1868. 3' Markham . Nov. 1, 1965 AND BUILDER, 618 Yonge Street, Toronto Ringwood .Wlarble firm-ks P. WlDEMAN, MQNUMENTS, HEADSTQNES ! &c. (QC. &c. Call and examine my Stock and Prices be- for purchasing elsewhere as you will find it to your interest. _ 01;") Issuer of flflzrriagc Licenses. Ringwood, Sew. 13,1867 . 479 V01. 1X9 NO- 23 COUNTIES 0F YORK Farmer’s Boot & shoe Store JOHN HERON, JOHN CARTER, ” ’TNSED AUCTIONEER, L/JJ BOOTS & SHOES, 38 West Market Square, Toronto [13’ Boots and Shoes made to Measure, of the Best Mamrials and Workmanship, at {he Lowest Remuneratng Prices. ircusch finntiouzzrs. June X865 FOR. THE COUNTY OF YORK. Toronto, Dec, 3. 1867. RICHMOND‘EILL A‘Nfi YONGE ST. GENERAL ADVERTISER. "upon THE c 0 U N *1"! 0 F Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of Lama ms EAFOR'I‘H. C. w MANUFACTURER 0F ALI. KINDS OF DAVID EYER, Jun, eftattho ” Herald” office for Mr rvicas will be prom;ng attended to . McPHILLIPS 85 SON, sisal Lam! Sim’eyors, fountias of York. Feelnnd 0n- Rusidence: Lot 8, (3th concesszon Post ()f’ficeâ€"Unionville. P. A. SCOTT: )t 20,rém‘of3fd Concession of P.0. Addressâ€"~Buttonville. on the shortest notice at P.O. Address, Buttonville. 0-1 the shonest notice, and "1 SMELSOR, FOR THE OF YORK AND PEEL. ersou’s services HERALD office. 31 the Post Office a. GRAHAME‘ 499 497 l-lf 1n- 490-1}- 22 light, ' Bless me I this is pleasantâ€"sparking Sunday nightl How your heart is thumping ’gainst your Sunday vest, How wickedly ’tis working on this day of rest: Hours seem but as minutes as they take their flight, Bless me i ain’t it pleasantâ€"sparking Sun- day night? Dad and Ma are sleeping on their peaceful bed, Dreaming of the things the folks in meeting said, “ Love ye one anothex"7 ministers recite ; Bless me! don't we do iLâ€"sparking Sunday night ‘1 Sitting in a. corner. on a Sunday eve, With a taper finger resting on your sleeve; Starlight eyes-are casting 011 your face their One arm, with gentle pressure, lingers round her waist, You squeeze her dimpled hand, her pouting lips you taste; She freelv slaps your face, but more in love then spite, Oh, thunder ! ain’t it pleasantâ€"sparking Sunday night? But hark! the (flock is striking, ’tis two o’clock, I swan! As sure as I’m a. sinner, the time {'0 go has come, Yon ask. with splendid accents, “ if that old clock is fight '1” And wonder if it never sparked on Sunday 'you hook; But thinking that you rob her, gave back those you took; Then as forth you hurry from the fair one’s sight, . Don’t you wish each day was only Sunday One, two, three sweet kisses, four, five, six, IVr'Z/{cn for the Herald. du Come, murmer not, nor answer me, yOur 0‘ conscience is full clear. art 0f acting falsely to the friend, you once Se confessed so dear; E9, Cans‘t thou deny the charge, I bring, and ‘ ’ . still maintain thy part, PC When Iprescnt the naked truth, and shew an they callous heart. G( You ask me, “where the truth exists,” ,1, this note to thy disgrace, Will clearly show where it exists, and show thy second face. 0.x I turn me to the faded scenes, of days that [m are 1:0 more, m, Where thou, methinks, most oft return, though coldness guards the door , pa And as I pass these sunny days, in rctrospec- Wl tive view m Where pleasure followed every step, and a[‘ all her magic threw. . I ask me was it thou who then, that magic 3‘ did command, or That made life’sjourney seem to Inc, through some sweet fairy laud. w Yes, fair Enchantress, it was thou, the same 0, who made me start, - When yesterday I read this note, which told in me what thou artl You tell me all are apt to change ; I grant p( it may he truth, ir And know that such is not confined to fickle " mind of youth, fi" But ’tis not change for which I speak, no, fickle as thou art, But for thy trick in order to, deceive afaith- fol heart. 0, All change indeed ; but was it change that B filled thy heart with spleen, , And here for room to spit it out, thou hadds’t 1‘ to write between, E Thelines that were already filled, and told 0 me o’er and o’er, (‘ The unsuspected heart of thine, was rotten ‘1 at the core. a No, fair deceiver, it is false, thy heart is U still the same, a For “yours as ever,” thou hast signed, be- I fore thy hateful name. ( “Thine as ever,” thou hast said it, and I must believe, (i For well Iknow, we seldom speak, in anger t 1 to deceive. ~ I grant you once were dear to me, but , ’twas before I knew, The strong professions could be made, and i e be so far from true. 1 Before I knew the youthful heart, could â€" bascly forge deceit, And take the livery of a friend to pass the counterfeit. 5 t” The hand that traced those words of scorn, l the heart that gave them birth, ‘ Thou hast proclaimed the same to me, as in our days of mirth. But now ’tis past, and as we part, with all s but memory’s sting, ‘ ' - No more to rise, as we have done, on friend ships fickle wing. May life be thine. full long enough, to teach thee what thou art, 1 And by experience know the pang that ' haunts a broken heart, When withering age has crossed thy brow, e- and all thy charms have fled; 10 And each fawner of thy youth, is with au- , other wed ; Then fair and false one, thou wilt learn, the evil thou hast wrought, And though flirtatious may be sweet, they‘ 7 may be dearly bought; to For when their day begin to vanish, and the gloom to fall; Then thou,wilt wander, as it were, through some deserted hall, .. Where life and merriment has left, but 5, marks of their decay; ,. As when the leaves of Autumn tell, of beau- tis passed away ; of And conscience then, perchance Will rouse, the and lash thee through and through, Until thy flinty bosom feels, what others felt‘by you. P. V. S. SPARKIN-G SUNDAY NIGHT- night? night? FALSEIIESS PROVE!)- 359mm 6‘ Let Sound Reason umg/L mine with us than Popular Opinion.” RICHMOND HILL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1868. AUC'J'oh IGNOT US Th1 Whrdgfis, Keepers and Guards oflhe Penitentiaries,and the Olficers, Keepers and Guards of all public Lunatic Asylums-z An Act respecting the Militia and Defence of the Dominion of Canada. The following persons only. beâ€" tween the ages ofeighleen and six- ty years, shall be exempt from en- rolmem, and from actual service at any time: The Judges of all file Courts of Law or Equity in the Dominion of Canada : The Gjergy'and Ministers of all Religiqué'(;M.Tm'inations ; The Proflessqrs in any College or Univgrgnma‘a all Teachers in re] x‘glous: 0 :rs:; And the {6110\ving, though enroll- ed, shall be exempt from actual Service at any time except in case of war, inljasvion or insurrection ; Persom disablea by bodily inm- mily ; ‘ ‘ The onlyson of a widow, being her only support; Seaiah‘"g-.M€n and Sailorsâ€"actual. ‘3' fimployeq in their gallipg; Any person bearing a certificate irom the Society of Quakers, Me- nnnist or Tankers, or any inhabitant of Canada, of any religious denomi~ nation, otherwise snbiect to Military duty, but who, from the doctrines of his Religion, is averse to hearing Blasters. of Publiclé'nd Common Schoolsaplually engaged in. leach- mg; w {£513.92}?QEJulifétiLEEfiffiééé’ of Her Majesty’s Army or Navy ; .1 I .1. ~ _ _u PllOlS and Apprennce Pllots dur- ing the se_ason of navigation ; arms and rjel'nsas personal Military Service, shall be exempt from such service when balloied in time of peace, oi' “far, upon such coudtlions and under such regulalions as ihe Governor in Council may, from time to time, prescribe; No person shall have the benefit of exemption, unless he has, least at 1 month before he claims such benefit, filed with the Captain of the Com- pany Division within the limits whereof he resides, his Affidavit made before some Magistrate (or atfirmation in cases where persons are aiiowed to affirm of the facts on which he rests his claim ; Whenever exemption is claimed, whether on the ground of age or otherwise, the burden of proof shall be upon the claimant; Exempiion shall not prevent any person trom serving, if he desires it? and is not disabled by bodily in- firmity. The Active Militia Force shalll consist of Troops or Cavalry. Fieldl Batteries of Artillery, Companies 0t Mounted Inlantry, Companies 01 Engineers. Brigades and Batteries oi Garrison Artillery, Battalions and Companies of lnrantry, and Naval and Marine Croos, in such propor tions as Her Majesty shall appoint; and the strengh of each such Troop, Battery, Battalion, Company or Corps, shall be regulated, and ofiieers appointml thereto, from time to time. by Her Majesty; Her Majesiy' may maize regula- tions {or the enrolment of such horses as may be nvcessary for the purposes of Fie‘d Bnneries of Arliliery and Troops of Cavalry. A miiitary 1min, and a medical Stafl, as well as commissanat, hospital and ambulance Corps, may be formed Whencvor the exigencies ofthe service may require the same. at such piaces and in such manncr, and of such strengih, including the proper Officers, as Her Majesty may direct. r Which oath may be adminiatered ibv the Commanding Officer of the 1 Corps. he having previously taken Hhe oath before a Justice of the 1Peace. Every Active Militiaman shall sign a service Roll in which the conditions of his service shall be stated ; and every Officer of Militia, on appointment. and every non- commissioned officer and man, on enrolment. shall take the 0th fol- lowing: jesty “1, X. 8.. do sincerely promise and swear that! will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Ma- Her Majesty may accept the ser- vices of Corps 01 Volunteers, under (Continued/3077i our last.) Passed 22nd May 1868. ACTIVE MILITIA. EXEMPTIONS. 35 M Tufy. Iq such regulations as may from time 10 time be made. Anv Volunteer Corps may enter into any articles of engagement and make Regulations not inconsistent with this Act, to be approved by Her Majesty ; but the Commanding Officers 01 all Corps of Volunteer Militia shall be responsible that their Corps respectively are kept up to the full strength ; and in the event ofiailure of any Corps to maintain such complement of men for each respectively as Her Majesty may consider necessary for its efficiency or of any Corps becoming ineffici- ent, Her Majesty may disband such Corps; and may also dishand any Corps of Volunteer Militia if con- sidered necessary to do so. BALLOTING. At anytime when Militiamen are required to be drafted in any Regi- mental Division, each Company Dlvision therein shall, subject to the provisions of the the two secâ€" tions immediately following the present, section contribute its quota according to the number of Militia- men on the rolls and liable to serve, of the class, or classes, lrom which the men are to be taken; and when Volunteer, or Regular, or Marine Militiamen are accepted or taken or balloted to serve in any quota, the Company Division or Divisions l‘urnisltiag the men shall receive :credit therefor; and the Active lMilitiamen talten, or accepted, ‘and enrolled for service, irom time to time, in any Company or [{egi mental Division. shall be attached or appointed to such Companies, tCorps, or Battalions ol the Active *Militia as Her Majesty may order. V'Vhen a Volunieer Corps in any Regimental Divismn for any cause ceases to exist, Her Majesty may make good thei‘quota of that Divi- sion by the organization of Regular Militiamen to replace sue-11 Corps; and when Companies of Regular Militmmen are taken or balloled in any Regimental Division, thev shall be called the Service Companies thereol ; When by reason.u£_ death or re- moval, vacancies occur in any Ser- vice Cnmpauy OI Mllitia organized under lhisAct. such vacancies shall be filled by other men to be drawn from the Reserve Mili‘ia. in the same manner as the men for that Corps Were originaliy supplied. When Active Militiamen are re- quired to be organized at any time, either for drill or for actual service, and enough men do not volunteer in any Company Division to com- plete the quota required from that division, the men enrolled in the first class and liable to serve shall be first balloted, and if the number of men required to be balloted, is greater then the whole number of men in the first class, than the number requisite to make up the deficiency shall be taken from those in the second class, and if more men than the whole number in the first and second classes are still re- quired. then the number requisrte ti) make up the deficiency shall bel taken from the Ihird class, and in like manner, it more men than are in llte first, second, and third‘ classes are still required. Ihan the‘ number requisite to make the de- ficiency shall be taken from the fourthclass: but at no time shall more than one son, belonging to the same family residing in the same house, if there: be lmnre than one inscribed on the Militia Roll, bedrawn. unless the number of names so inscribed be insmlfiment to complete the re- lquired proportion) of servxce men. Any man not taken lor service for the time being in any Corps organ ized in the Regimental Divrsion in which he resides. may volunteer to serve in any Corps in any Regimenâ€" tal Division contiguous thereto‘ and in such case the Company Divir sion in which he resides. shall have credit for such volunteer; and the man shall, on completing his lull period of service, be entitled to the same exemption in hrs Company Division, as though he had served with men raised therein for the same l period. When anv Company Division shall have furnished more men than its quota, as compared with other Company Divisions in the same Regimentai Division,such Company Division shall not again be called upon in lime of peacet or more men. until the other Company Divisions have supplied men to equalize the proportion for each, according to the number of names inscribed on the Militia Rolls thereof respectively. The Governor in Council may, from time to time make regulations, lor taking the enrolment and ballot; for fixing the day on which the tak- ing of the enrolmentshall be com- menced in each of the several Mili- tary Districts respectively ; for notifying the men liable to be takett,t or those balloted in any Companyt Division for service in any quota; for finally deciding claims of ap- plicants for exemption, and for the administration of Oaths before Jus- tiees ol the Peace or the Command- ing Officer of a Corps, to ascertain 1 any facts in reference to such‘ claim of exemption; tor medical, examinations; and for the disâ€" charge of such men as are unfit to serve; and relating to every other matter and thing not inconsistent with this Act, and necessary to be done, In the enrolling, balloting, warming and bringing into service, of such numbers of the Volunteer, the Regular, the Marine, or the Reserve Militiamen in any Com‘ pany Division as are required at any time ; but any Militiamen bal- loted and notified for service may, at any time, be exempt, until again required in his turn to serve, by furnishing an acceptable substitute, on or before the day fixed for his appearance, or. in time of peace, by forthwith paying to the Captain ot’the Company Division within which he resides, the sum of thirty dollars. which said sum shall by the Captain be paid to another man who is approved. and is willing to serve as snbstttute for such balloted man; but, if during any period of service, anv man who Is serving in the Active Militia as a substitute for another, shall become liable to service in his own person. he shall be taken for such service, and his place as substitute shall be supplied by the Miliaman in whose stead he was serving. t Anyacfivehiflhiamen whornay, during any period of service, auack ihe age of lhiity years or forty-five years, accordingto his class,shaH noiwilhslaning be required to com- plete the full périb'd'for which he voiumeered or was balioled to serve; Commissions of Officers in the Mllilia shall be granled by Her Majesty (luring pleasure, and all non-commissioned ofHCers in the Mililia shall be appoinlnd by the Officer commanding the Corps or Batlalion to which they belong. and shall hold their rank during pleasure. Commissions of officers in the Militinexcept the Adjutant General and Deputy Adjutants Generals need not be enregistered at full length, but a record of them shall be kept in the office of the Adjutant General. Officers holding Commissions in the Militia in any of the Provinces ol the Dominion, on the day on which this Act shall come into force, may be placed on the retired list, with or without a step of hon- orary rank to those below the rank of Lieutenant. Colonel; and Her Majesty may appoint Officers from the retired list to Commissions in the Militia; but no offieer from the retired list shall be bound to serve ‘in the Militia in a lower grade than lthat ol his retired rank. No person shatl be appointed an Officer in the Active Militia, except provrsionally. until he has obtained a certificate of fitness from one of theMilitary Schools ofthe Dominion} or a Board of Officrrrs of the Active Militia. to be constituted as' Herl MaJesty mav appoint ; or unless he] had obtained a certificate1 from one of the Schools of Military Instrne-l tion. heretofore established in the‘ late ProvioCe of Canada. or from any Board of officers which had been appointed for that purpose in anv of the Provinces of the Domi- nion; and Her Majesty may pre- scribe conditions as to the qualifi' cation ofOfficers of different grades, by General Order; and may order the assembling of such Boards, as often as may he expedient; and may dispense with the conditions of this section in the case of men who have serVed as Officers or nonâ€" commissioned Officers in Her Ma- jestv’s regular army ; In time of peace no person except the Adjutant General shall hold higher rank in the Militia than that 01 Lieutenaanolonel, but officers at the time when thiq Act shall TERMS $1.00 IN ADVANCE. Whole N0. 538. OFFICERS. come inloiorce, holding the rank of Colonel, shall retain the same ; Her Majesty may, however. when the Militia is called out, and mm exigencies of the service so require, appoint therein Colonels and other Officers of superior rank. in no case to exceed that of Major General, The relative rank and authority ofOfficers in the Militia ol Canada, shall be the same as the relative rank and authority 01 Officers in Her Majesty’s regular army; and any Body of Militia assembled on parade, shall be commanded by the Ofl'icer highest. in rank then present, on duty and in uniform, or the senior of NM or more Oflicers of equal rank ; provided that no Oflicer whose rank is provisional only shall under any circumstances command an Officer of the same grade whose rank is substantive. Her Majesty may appoint Staff Officers of the Militia with such, rank as from time to time may be- found requisite or necessary for the: efficiency of the Militia service ;; and such Staff Officers shall have such rank and authority in the Militia As are held reiativelv in Her Majesty's service, and their duties shall be such as may from time to time be prescribed. Officers of Her Majesty's Regular Army shall always be reckoned senior to Militia Officers of the same rank, whatever be the dates of their respective Commissions; and Colonels appointed by Corl- mission sighed by the Commander of Her Majesty’s Regular Forces in Canada. shall command Colonels of Militia, whatever he the dates of their respective Commissions. CLOTHING, AND ARMS AND ACCOU- TREMENTS. Officers shall provide their own uniforms, arms and accontrements and the arms accoutrements of all officers on the Militia Staff and at the Officers and men of the Active Militia, and the horses used by them as such, shall be exempt. from seizure in execution and from distress and assessment; and the Officers, non-commissioned ofiicers and men ol the Active Militia,sha|l be exempt, trom serving as Jurors or Constables; and a certificate, under the hand of the Commanding officer of any sueh Corps shall be sufficient evidence of the service in his Corps of any Officer, non-com- missioned ofi‘iccr or man. The value of all such articles of public property as may have be- come deficient or damaged, while in possession of any Corps, other- wise than through, fail; ear and tear or unavoidable accidvenm‘?‘ be recovered bv the Minister of Militia and Delenee or by any other person authorized by him, from the Officer in command of such Corps: and the Olficer commanding anv Corps shall have power to reeover the value of such articles of public property as have become deficient, or damaged while in possesion 0t lhis Corps. otherwise than through l'air wear and tear or unavoidable accident: from the man or men who may be responsible for the same. The arms and nccoulrements oi the Officers and men of the Active Mililia shall be such as Her Majes- ty shall from time to time direct; and no such arms and accoutre- ments of the men shall be left in their posisession except by special authority. Such ol the several Corps of A0- tive Militia heretofore organized, or hereafter to be organized as may, for that purpose, be named and specified. shall be supplied with uniform clothing of such one and similar colour, pattern and de- sign as may be ordered for each arm of the service designated in this Act; and if necessary such uniform clothing may be replaced ,in every successive period of five years from the original issue; and the said uniform clothing shall be be delivered to the Officer com- mandingz the Corps, to be by him delivered to the non-commissioned officers and privates, on such con- ditions and upon such securitv as may. he directed ; and Her Majesty may, from time to time, make such regulationsin respect to the uniform ‘ clothing. and may prescribe penal- ties for any infraction of such regu- lations as may be deemed neces- sary or expedient; but nothing ' herein contained shall prevent the re-supplying of clothing within the period atoresaid in specie! cases. The several Corps Militia shall be furnished with arms and ac- coutrement, and the same shall be kept. in public armories, wherever there are such; and where there are no such public armories, and until the same are provided, the OlTicer commanding each Corps shall himself actually keep the arms and accountrements in a good and sufi‘icent building, lvprovided with suitable arm racks and provi' sion for the care thereof. and shall be personally responsible for such arms and accountrements; and the Officer commanding any suchCorps may, in the discretion of the Gov- ernor in Council, be allowed an- nually, such sum for the care of such arms and accoutrements as may appear proper for the same; and no Arms or Accountrements